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Mary and the New Times of Noah
October 13, 2016 by Peter Howard
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Mary and the New Times of Noah *
* First, this is a longer than normal post (although I admit, my posts are on the longer side), but this message is so important that it warrants an extra few minutes of your time and hours of your reflection!
Every October 13, the world is reminded of the great Marian revolution that has been taking place in the world since 1917. Now we are approaching the 100 year anniversary of Our Blessed Mother's visitations to the three Fatima children. Actually, we are already celebrating the centenary in that the Angel of Peace, the guardian Angel of Portugal, appeared to the three children in 1916 to prepare them for the coming of Mary and the seriousness of her messages.
In all of her messages to the children she revealed the importance of saying the holy Rosary daily. She even revealed herself as Our Lady of the Rosary so that the world would not mistake how important the Rosary is to her and the fate of the world:
Say the Rosary every day, to bring peace to the world and the end of the war (June 13, 1917).
I want you to come here on the 13th of next month, [August] to continue to pray the Rosary every day in honour of Our Lady of the Rosary, in order to obtain peace for the world and the end of the war, because only she can help you (July 13, 1917).
I want to tell you that a chapel is to be built here in my honour. I am the Lady of the Rosary. Continue always to pray the Rosary every day. The war is going to end (October 13, 1917).
Our Blessed Mother makes it perfectly clear and simple that the Rosary is the remedy to every war that threatens us and, in my last blog post on the Feast of the Rosary, I provided some important reasons why that is the case. However, in her July 13 message (which has been referred to as the "secret of Fatima") Mary spoke of the Holy Rosary in connection to something even greater, which she revealed as the very heart of her message at Fatima right after she showed the children a vision of hell and countless souls falling into it:
You have seen hell where the souls of poor sinners go. To save them, God wishes to establish in the world devotion to my Immaculate Heart. If what I say to you is done, many souls will be saved and there will be peace. . . .
To prevent this, I shall come to ask for the consecration of Russia to my Immaculate Heart, and the Communion of Reparation on the First Saturdays. If my requests are heeded, Russia will be converted, and there will be peace; if not, she will spread her errors throughout the world, causing wars and persecutions of the Church. The good will be martyred, the Holy Father will have much to suffer, various nations will be annihilated. In the end, my Immaculate Heart will triumph. The Holy Father will consecrate Russia to me and she will be converted, and a period of peace will be granted to the world.
Our Blessed Mother revealed that the real secret and underlying power that will change the world is devotion to her Immaculate Heart – a devotion most perfectly lived out by one's consecration to Mary's Immaculate Heart. The word "consecration" is significant because it speaks of a total setting apart of one's entire life, possessions, death and eternity to Mary. This is exactly what the Father did when He entrusted His only begotten Son to Mary, from whose Immaculate Heart the Son of God received and formed His Sacred and Pierced Heart, through which we now have access to the Father. Do we see what this means? When we imitate the wisdom of the Father and the Son and entrust ourselves completely to Mary, placing ourselves, our families and futures within her loving, merciful and sinless heart, we are doing the greatest possible act as a Christian. St. Louis de Montfort summarized total consecration to Mary as the most perfect way to live one's baptismal promises of rejecting Satan and all his works, and living for God alone. It reflects the perfect wisdom of God Who gave us everything in the order of Mercy, including His own Son, through Mary. It is, therefore, no mere coincidence that this Jubilee Year of Mercy leads into the centenary of Fatima as we are being prepared to enter the final confrontation with Mary by being renewed, strengthened and reoriented by this extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy.
No other saint, in my humble opinion, better illustrates this connection and mission than St. Maximilian Maria Kolbe, who was inspired to form the Militia Immaculatae (Knights of the Immaculate — "MI" for short) on October 16, 1917 — just days after the "miracle of the sun" at Fatima, of which he was unaware. The MI had as its purpose the conquering of the whole world for Mary by bringing consecration to her Immaculate Heart into the home and heart of every family. His beautiful prayer of consecration expresses this in a beautifully concise and theologically rich manner. I quote here the second part of his prayer:
If it pleases you, use all that I am and have without reserve, wholly to accomplish what was said of you: "She will crush your head," and "You alone have destroyed all heresies in the whole world." Let me be a fit instrument in your immaculate and merciful hands for introducing and increasing your glory to the maximum in all the many strayed and indifferent souls, and thus help extend as far as possible the blessed kingdom of the most Sacred Heart of Jesus. For wherever you enter, you obtain the grace of conversion and growth in holiness, since it is through your hands that all graces come to us from the most Sacred Heart of Jesus.
That's the power and purpose of consecration to Mary, both concerning one's family and the mission that comes with it. And we need to work hard to increase Mary's spiritual army on earth as the world continues its tailspin into the abyss.
For those with eyes to see and ears to hear, we are living in the times of Noah.
Now the earth was corrupt in God's sight, and the earth was filled with violence. And God saw the earth, and behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth. (Genesis 6:12-13)
The world has abandoned God and become morally bankrupt and Our Lady has made it clear at Fatima and Akita, Japan (1973), that God will not let this continue forever. As Scripture reminds us:
My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, nor lose courage when you are punished by him.
For the Lord disciplines him whom he loves, and chastises every son whom he receives. (Hebrews 12:5-6)
God offers mercy first in order that we repent and convert — the time we are in now. But, if mankind does not avail itself of this extraordinary time of mercy, it will have to face God's justice — as Jesus told St. Faustina:
Tell souls about this great mercy of Mine, because the awful day, the day of My justice, is near. (Diary 965).
I am prolonging the time of mercy for the sake of sinners. But woe to them if they do not recognize this time of My visitation. (Diary 1160)
Before the Day of Justice, I am sending the Day of Mercy. (Diary 1588)
He who refuses to pass through the door of My mercy must pass through the door of My justice. (Diary 1146).
If we are in times of Noah, what is the ark into which families must enter to be saved? Mary gave us the answer at Fatima:
To save them, God wishes to establish in the world devotion [i.e. consecration] to my Immaculate Heart. If what I say to you is done, many souls will be saved and there will be peace. . . .
And she was more explicit when she appeared as Our Lady of the Rosary at the approved apparition place of San Nicolás, Argentina (click to see the National Catholic Register article here) when she said:
My daughter, in this time, I am the Ark for all our brethren! I am the Ark of peace, the Ark of Salvation, the Ark where my children must enter, if they wish to live in the Kingdom of God. (February 6, 1987)
And to drive home this truth even more, Our Blessed Lord said at San Nicolás on December 20, 1989:
I want a renovation of the spirit, a loosening from death and an attachment to life. The Heart of My Mother is the chosen one so that what I request becomes reality. The souls will find Me through Her Immaculate Heart.
Previously the world was saved with Noah's Ark. Today the Ark is My Mother. By means of Her, the souls will be saved because it will bring them towards Me. Whoever rejects My Mother, rejects Me.
All the above being said, I ask you: Are you worried for your marriage? Your children? Your family? Does all seem lost in any or all of these relationships? Are you concerned about the economic, political and social collapse taking place in America? Are you concerned about the effects of the growing evil in the world which is attacking the family like never before? If so, do you really want to know the remedy? Are you willing to conform your whole life and that of your family to this remedy? Husbands and fathers, are you going to be the Noahs of our times and disregard the ridicule of the world and build that ark for your family — the ark of a true devotion to Mary lived by total consecration to Mary and reciting daily her prayer of choice, the Rosary? Are you ready to lead your family to embrace this way of life no matter the cost? Christians, do you want real power to change the world?
The secret is out. The secret is simple. Are we small enough and humble enough to receive it? The secret to the restoration of the family and civilization is this: a dynamically lived consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. There is no message more important that we should be giving the world right now than returning to Jesus through consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. This is the Marian revolution. On October 13, 2013, Pope Francis reminded the Church of this revolution, and how we will triumph, when he consecrated the world to the Immaculate Heart. He stated the truth plainly: "Mother, together we will fight . . . together we will win!" Will you fight with her for her triumph like St. Maximilian Kolbe, St. John Paul II and Pope Francis?
Time is short, get on board the new ark of salvation and do everything in your power to lead as many families as possible to do the same. This is when Mary's Immaculate Heart will triumph. Thank you, dearest Mother, for calling us! Thank you!
This message of consecration of families to Mary's Immaculate Heart is so important that I am offering parishes a special opportunity to bring this message to their communities. All they need to do is pay for my traveling costs (flight + lodging + transportation) and facilitate a free will offering to support my family apostolate Heroic Families. Parishes would need to agree to provide strong promotion for the event to increase attendance. The event would consist of one 60 minute presentation with Questions and Answers (Q&A). Contact me today at HeroicFamilies.com and let's get this critical message to your parish!
***For those wanting a more intensive immersion on the special centenary of Fatima beginning in 2017, Dr. Howard is now offering a special speaking series titled: "Fatima: 100 Years Later — Family Consecration at the Heart of the Triumph". Dr. Howard is an expert in this topic and is very passionate in sharing how important it is for families today. He is currently booking speaking events for 2017. Visit HeroicFamilies.com today to learn more on how to bring this soul-awakening event to your parish or conference.
Art: Partial restoration of Virgin and Child, Bernard van Orley, circa 1515, PD-US author's life plus 100 years or less; Detail of Stained Glass Window Immaculate Heart of Mary at Bad Leonfelden (Upper Austria), Maria Schutz am Bründl church, Penner und Schürer, 1906, photographed by Wolfgang Sauber, 17 May 2014, CCA-SA 3.0 Austria; Divine Mercy, Eugeniusz Kazimirowski, 1934 [Painting in Divine Mercy Sanctuary in Vilnius], PD-US copyright expired; Santuario de Nuestra Señora del Rosario de San Nicolás, en la ciudad de San Nicolás (Sanctuary of our Lady of the Rosary of San Nicolás, in the city of San Nicolas), photographed by Thialfi, 1/02/2008 own work, PD-Worldwide; detail of Noah's Ark, Edward Hicks, 1846, PD-US; all Wikimedia Commons. Photograph of St. Maximilian Kolbe and Heroic Families logo courtesy of Dr. Peter Howard, used with permission.
About Peter Howard
Dr. Peter Howard presently lives in Illinois with his wife, Chantal, and five children. Dr. Howard is a professor of Theology at the Avila Institute for Spiritual Formation (avila-institute.com). In 2015, Peter and Chantal founded HeroicFamilies.com dedicated to the mission of "awakening Catholic families to their critical call to live their faith with courage, passion and purpose." He is also a Catholic videographer (MEDIAtrix.tv), author and national Catholic speaker who has spoken at the 2015 American Chesterton Society Conference, 2012 Midwest Catholic Family Conference in Wichita, Kansas; the United States Air Force Academy; parish retreats and on Catholic radio programs such as Radio Maria. Peter earned his Doctorate in Sacred Theology (S.T.D.) from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas [Angelicum] in Rome, Italy. Dr. Howard's theological expertise lies predominantly in Mariology and the teachings of Venerable Fulton J. Sheen. He is the author of the 2014 book: The Woman: The Mystery of Mary as Mediatrix in the Teaching of Fulton J. Sheen. Like his spiritual mentor, +Fulton Sheen, Dr. Howard is passionate about evangelizing families by communicating the truth and beauty of the Catholic faith as the answer to the challenges and errors of the world. If you would like to invite Dr. Howard to speak at your parish or event, contact him at firstname.lastname@example.com
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Transcending: The fastest way to a better world
The simple experience of transcending appears to have many spectacular effects, such as the activation of the body's own healing power and full brain development. All these effects are unique to the experience of transcending: ordinary meditation or relaxation techniques have not shown nearly the same effects.
However, the most spectacular effects, which are occasionally controversial, are the social effects of the TM practice. These effects are controversial because, if they prove to be true, it implies that we'll need to reconsider quite a few long-held assumptions about the nature of human consciousness. After all, this research would imply that we are connected to each other at the source of our thoughts, and through that, we influence each other.
The world's oldest texts, the Vedic texts, predicted 5,000 years ago that a small group of people could create harmony in all of society, and neutralize all negativity, simply by enlivening the unity of the transcendent in their own consciousness and by "radiating" this. Now that the technique of transcending has been rediscovered, we cannot only confirm the predictions in relation to our personal development, but also the predictions in relation to the social effects.
How does it work?
When we dive into the ocean, we enliven the surface of the water.
Transcending is like taking a dive into the ocean. Wherever we dive wel create a big splash. We enliven the surface of the water. Likewise, when we allow the mind to come home to its source, and experience pure consciousness, we enliven the qualities of our consciousness. These qualities were described in the highest human experience as unity, pure positivity, and being connected. All spectacular effects measured during Transcendental Meditation practice, in particular in the brain (see full brain development) are the result of enlivening these qualities.
But when we dive into the ocean we don't only create a splash where we dive in, but also waves that spread out over the entire ocean. When we transcend, these qualities of unity are not only enlivened within our own consciousness, but also in the people around us. The effect may not be as strong as within ourselves, but there is an effect nevertheless, and it is measurable.
This effect was at the basis of a unique prediction that Maharishi made in the 1960's: If only 1% of the population of a city or country would learn to transcend regularly, a measurable effect would take place within society.
Take a lightbulb as an example. How can a small lightbulb light up a large room? Because the lightbulb is connected to the entire room though an electromagnetic field. The lightbulb simply enlivens this field, it creates a vibration—light waves. These light waves spread out over the entire field, and the entire room lights up. When you switch off the light the electromagnetic field doesn't disappear. The field is always there in an omnipresent state. But if it is no longer enlivened in the room; the room goes dark.
Just like a room can only be dark without light, the mind can only be negative if no positivity is being enlivened in its surroundings.
We can observe the same in our society. The field that lies at the origin of our subjective world of thoughts and feelings is always present. This is what is now described in physics as the Unified Field. Without this field there would be no life. But because we have forgotten how to "switch on the light", and how to enliven this field through transcending, our society will be in darkness. When people forgot their unified nature and crime, corruption, accidents and many other symptoms of negative behavious will surface in society.
However, to light up an entire city we don't require lights everywhere. Some lights here and there suffice. In a similar way we do not require everyone to transcend in order to enliven the qualities of transcending everywhere. One percent of society appears to be sufficient. "Light", in terms of the human mind, is consciousness: those things that make us humane. So yesterday someone saw no wrong in harming somebody else for personal profit. Today it no longer feels right. The thought to commit a crime no longer comes up. Does that sound like an efficient way to combat crime?
This prediction was put to the test in 1975, when Maharishi and the Transcendental Meditation technique were at the height of their popularity, and so many people were learning the technique (half a million within one year in the US alone) that suddenly in a number of cities at least 1 percent of the population were practicing TM. Scientists then requested crime statistics from the FBI, and looked at whether there was a measurable difference between these 1 percent cities, as compared to previous trends in these cities, as compared to control cities, and as compared to the general trends in the U.S. The numbers showed a drop in crime of over 20% from one year to the next. This was a significant decrease, that could not have occurred by chance (p<.001) and for which they were unable to find an alternative explanation. Several studies have since confirmed these results.
In 1978 Maharishi took things one step further. From the old Vedic texts he revived various advanced meditation techniques that people could learn if they already practised the TM technique. He called these techniques the TM-Sidhi programme and Yogic Flying. In particular, the latter technique turned out to have a very special effect on body and brain.
During TM practice a reversed correlation between physical rest and EEG coherence had been observed. (EEG coherence is a way to measure the unity in the brain). When the body experiences deeper rest, as measured for example through the pulse, the brain starts to function in a more coherent manner, as one whole. During Yogic Flying, this EEG coherence increases even more than during TM practice, when the body becomes active (the light "hopping" of Yogic Flying) along with a corresponding heart rate increase (see "lift" in the graph). (Source: International journal of Neuroscience) This results in a much faster integration of transcending with activity, as a result of which all TM effects are amplified.
But Yogic Flying also turned out to have a much greater effect on society, even displaying an exponential growth of the effect.
A law exists in physics that states that the force of the wave increases exponentially with its height. We can easily illustrate this. If 3 individuals are standing around a lake and take turns jumping into the lake, this will create 3 waves, each with their own height and reach, and the area of the lake they influence before the waves disappear. But if these 3 individuals were to hold hands and jump into the water together, then 3 individual waves amount to one big wave. This wave will be 3 times as high, but will cover an area that grows exponentially, an area 9 times as large.
The same phenomena can be observed in TM meditators who also practice Yogic Flying. If in a city 1% of the population practises the TM technique, in their homes, then this is similar to dozens of people taking turns jumping into the lake, creating waves. 1% suffices to revive the lake and to create an effect for the entire population. But if these individuals practise the Yogic Flying technique together as a group, then this would be similar to them all holding hands and jumping into the lake together. Instead of 1% only the square root of 1% is required.
This resulted in a very special hypothesis, that a small group of people practising Yogic Flying together could positively influence the way in which millions of people around them think and act.
The advantage of this hypothesis was that it was relatively easy to test.
1. Scientific researchers selected a region with a lot of social stress, for example a city with a high crime rate, or even a war zone, and with trends that indicate a worsening of the situation, so nobody would be likely to predict an improvement.
2. The scientists then made a public prediction that the situation would improve as soon as the Yogic Flyers began to practise their TM and Yogic Flying techniques in the area: wars would abate, crime would go down, stock markets would improve, etc. They set precise start and end dates for the experiment. They predicted that the situation would deteriorate again as soon as the Yogic Flyers left the city or area. They predicted in advance how they would measure the changes.
4. Subsequently the researchers investigated if the effects did take place, usually through independent sources such as government crime or unrest statistics, or articles published by prestigious newspapers.
Scientifically proven by more than 50 experiments
These types of experiments didn't just happen once or twice, but over 50 times, around the world. Each time the prediction not only came true, but on many occasions the difference was so significant that records were broken, such as a record decrease in crime or car accidents, a record increase on the stock exchanges (an indication of increased investor optimism) etc.
For example, 7 consecutive experiments took place in Lebanon from 1981 to 1983, a period of constant civil war. Each time it was predicted upfront that the war would abate, and data showed that during the 7 experiments the number of war victims dropped by almost 80%. The chance of such a big change occurring by coincidence on 7 consecutive times was less than 1 in 10.000.000.000.000.000.000. To give you an idea of the significance of that number, it would mean that the chances of you winning the lotto this week would be about 200 billion times higher than normal, projecting this same positive percentage change!
Another experiment gives an indication of how cost effective this technology can be. In March 1998 a group of individuals in the village of Skelmersdale, close the city of Merseyside in England, made a peculiar prediction on local television. A group of 150 individuals were going to be practising Yogic Flying together and, as a result, they predicted that crime would significantly decrease in all of Merseyside, a city of more than 1 million citizens. Obviously, not a lot of people took the prediction seriously, as in spite of ever-increasing costs to combat crime, crime simply continued to increase. At the time of the prediction, Merseyside held the third highest crime rate in England.
Reducing crime by 60%, at a cost 99% lower than our current methods? A miracle?
But as soon as the experiment started, the trend of ever-increasing crime reversed. Five years later, in 1992, Merseyside had the lowest crime rate in all of England. Crime had dropped by 40% as compared to previous crime rates, and more than 60% as compared to the average trend in England. With a group of only 150 Yogic Flyers 225,000 crimes were prevented over a period of 5 years, and a total of 1.2 billion Pounds (almost 2 billion USD) was saved by the government. The Yogic Flyers were all volunteers, but even if they were paid for their work (say at a generous $30 per hour), even then the cost would be 99.5% lower than current methods, while at the same time more effective.
And crime reduction was only one of the variables that improved. Car accidents also went down, the economy improved, and pollution decreased.
These and 20 other research studies have now been published by some of the world's most prestigious journals in the area of social sciences. A journal's reputation is linked to the content it publishes, and therefore it only publishes research that meets the highest research standards. You can find descriptions of these published research articles on the TM website under Published articles TM and Yogic Flying.
Since the discovery of the effect of these Yogic Flyers in the 1980's, Maharishi only had one more goal for his global organisation: to as quickly as possible create groups of Yogic Flyers large enough to create a positive effect for every country, and moreover a number of "super groups" large enough to create an effect for the entire world. As long as governments haven't supported these groups, funds of the TM organisation as well as money from donor support had been used for this purpose. If someone pays a course fee to learn Transcendental Meditation, she directly contributes to a bigger purpose for the entire world.
The TM organisation is currently building a super group of 9,000 Vedic experts in the heart of India. The organization has purchased 800 acres to build an entire town where Indian practitioners of Yogic Flying and other ancient technologies to create world peace will live, as a group of permanent peace creators. Currently 2,500 experts are present that receive a salary in order to create an effect all day long. Their salary is paid by the TM organisation and through gifts from donors. It was decided to do this in India, as salaries and total cost of living are much lower than in the West (on average $250 per month).
It is possible to very effectively implement this technology into society. Individuals will then receive the social effects for free.
There are many ways to get groups of Yogic Flyers together in every country. For example through educational institutes, where school students practise the technique before and after their school routine; businesses, where employees practice TM and Yogic Flying as part of their work routine; police projects where police spend more time preventing crimes, rather than solving them; prison projects where TM and Yogic Flying are used for the personal rehabilitation of the prisoner; etc.
For each of these types of projects it was proven almost 40 years ago that the cost to train Yogic Flyers is immediately paid back through the positive effects these Yogic Flyers notice in their own lives. Students grow in intelligence and creativity; personal stress is neutralized, which results in less bullying; there is lessening of addiction and depression, as well as a significant reduction in teacher absence. In corporate life, employees become more productive and although they have spent a small portion of their working day meditating, they produce more than before. In prisons TM is the most effective rehabilitation method ever researched. As such, this technique is very effective on a personal level, with the social effects occurring as free side-benefits.
This is the main reason why, amongst others, the David Lynch Foundation is considering to support a TM project in one school for every country, because one school of a specific size usually suffices to create a positive effect for the entire country. For example, Canada would only require 600 Yogic Flyers in order to create a positive effect for the entire country (600 being the square root of 1% of the 36 million inhabitants of Canada). One school is enough.
For research on the social effects of TM (in honour of Maharishi also called the "Maharishi Effect") go to:
Research social effects TM for research about the 1% effect of Transcendental Meditation.
Research social effects Yogic Flying for research about the square root of 1% effect with groups of practitioners of the TM-Sidhi programme including Yogic Flying.
Published research TM and Yogic Flying: All research that has been accepted for publication in scientific journals (some of the 20 studies; more will be added to this soon).
How can a simple technique do so much?
600 studies confirm the effect of TM with:
- Less stress
- How TM works
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Emotional stability
- Insomnia
- Impulsivity
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Better Health
- General Health
- Atherosclerosis
- Hypertension
- Cholesterol
- Diabetes
- Fibromyalgia
- Becoming Younger
- Addictions
- Quitting Smoking
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Great Weekend Reads in Photography & Filmmaking
Posted by Greg Scoblete on Friday January 13, 2017 | Media
Posted by Greg Scoblete on Friday January 13, 2017 | Media
"Reading is an addiction, much like living and breathing is an addiction." ― Jeffrey Michael
How Our Changing Cities Are Changing Street Photography – Co.Design
Telling New York's Stories, in Photos – PDN
Are These NASA Photos Art? – Artsy
I Earned More from My iPhone Photography in '16 – PetaPixel
Why Smartphones Are No Threat to Pro Photography – DW
Cinematographers Dish on Film vs. Digital, Smartphones and Scorcese – HR
Traveling Won't Make You a Better Photographer – Eric Kim
The Incredible Camera Tech Behind Star Wars Rogue One – FSR
This Is the First Photo with a Human in It – My Modern Met
Why Registering Your Copyright Is More Essential Than Ever – RF
The Photographer Who Made Ghosts Visible – Lens
The Incredible Camera That Made Oz Green – Smithsonian
A Love Song to Digital Photography – The Last Word
A meditation on how the creative process is informed by the works that come before it.
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NEW YORK, N.Y. (December 14, 2011) – Autism Speaks, the world's largest autism science and advocacy organization, today announced that it has been selected as the national official philanthropy of Theta Delta Chi, one of the nation's oldest college fraternities. The partnership between Autism Speaks and Theta Delta Chi will engage the thirty-three Theta Delta Chi chapters on college campuses nationwide in autism awareness, advocacy and fundraising efforts as part of Autism Speaks' college program, Autism Speaks U.
In 2008, Autism Speaks launched Autism Speaks U, an initiative that engages college students in autism awareness, advocacy and fundraising efforts. Since its inception, Autism Speaks U events have raised over $1 million. There are more than 45 Autism Speaks U chapters on campuses nationwide.
"We're honored that Theta Delta Chi and its affiliate chapters will be joining us in the effort to change the future for all who struggle with autism spectrum disorders," said Mark Roithmayr, president of Autism Speaks. "Over the past few years, university and college students have stepped up in increasing numbers to raise awareness and funds for Autism Speaks, and we're thrilled to keep that momentum going with Theta Delta Chi."
"With the number of those affected by autism disorders in the United States growing at a staggering rate, we had no question in selecting Autism Speaks as our national official philanthropy," said Mike Houlihan, Theta Delta Chi director of charge operations. "We look forward to putting our chapters to work in helping Autism Speaks solve the autism puzzle."
Theta Delta Chi is the second collegiate society to partner with Autism Speaks through its Autism Speaks U program. In 2009, Alpha Xi Delta sorority selected Autism Speaks as its national philanthropy partner. Since the partnership was established, Alpha Xi Delta's 120 collegiate chapters have raised over $625,000 for Autism Speaks.
About Autism
Autism is a general term used to describe a group of complex developmental brain disorders – autism spectrum disorders – caused by a combination of genes and environmental influences. These disorders are characterized, in varying degrees, by social and behavioral challenges, as well as repetitive behaviors. An estimated 1 in 110 children in the U.S. is on the autism spectrum – a 600 percent increase in the past two decades that is only partly explained by improved diagnosis.
About Autism Speaks
Autism Speaks is the world's largest autism science and advocacy organization. Since its inception in 2005, Autism Speaks has made enormous strides, committing over $160 million to research and developing innovative resources for families. The organization is dedicated to funding research into the causes, prevention, treatments and a cure for autism; increasing awareness of autism spectrum disorders; and advocating for the needs of individuals with autism and their families. In addition to funding research, Autism Speaks has created resources and programs including the Autism Speaks Autism Treatment Network, Autism Speaks' Autism Genetic Resource Exchange and several other scientific and clinical programs. Notable awareness initiatives include the establishment of the annual United Nations-sanctioned World Autism Awareness Day on April 2, which Autism Speaks celebrates through its Light it Up Blue initiative. Also, Autism Speaks award-winning "Learn the Signs" campaign with the Ad Council has received over $300 million in donated media. Autism Speaks' family resources include the Autism Video Glossary, a 100 Day Kit for newly-diagnosed families, a School Community Tool Kit, a Grandparent's Guide to Autism, and a community grant program. Autism Speaks has played a critical role in securing federal legislation to advance the government's response to autism, and has successfully advocated for insurance reform to cover behavioral treatments in 29 states thus far, with bills pending in an additional 10 states. Each year Walk Now for Autism Speaks events are held in more than 80 cities across North America. To learn more about Autism Speaks, please visit www.autismspeaks.org.
About the Co-Founders
Autism Speaks was founded in February 2005 by Suzanne and Bob Wright, the grandparents of a child with autism. Bob Wright is Senior Advisor at Lee Equity Partners and Chairman and CEO of the Palm Beach Civic Association. He served as Vice Chairman of General Electric; and as the Chief Executive Officer of NBC and NBC Universal for more than twenty years. He also serves on the board of directors of the Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation, Mission Product, EMI Group Global Ltd., and AMC Networks Inc., and is a Trustee of the New York Presbyterian hospital. Suzanne Wright is a Trustee Emeritus of Sarah Lawrence College, her alma mater. Suzanne has received numerous awards, the Women of Distinction Award from Palm Beach Atlantic University, the CHILD Magazine Children's Champions Award, Luella Bennack Volunteer Award, Spirit of Achievement award by the Albert Einstein College of Medicine's National Women's Division and The Women of Vision Award from the Weizmann Institute of Science. In 2008, the Wrights were named to the Time 100 Heroes and Pioneers category, a list of the most influential people in the world, for their commitment to global autism advocacy. They have also received the first ever Double Helix Award for Corporate Leadership from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, the NYU Child Advocacy Award, the Castle Connolly National Health Leadership Award and the American Ireland Fund Humanitarian Award. In the past couple of years the Wrights have received honorary doctorate degrees from St. John's University, St. Joseph's University and UMass Medical School.


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Plako wrote: ↑Sun Jan 28, 2018 7:40 pmNow that we're establishing a tradition of having Italian coaches I'd like to see more and more of our players move to Italy. It helps with having a more cohesive unit if most of players play in the same country.
Yup. I figure this is the first wave of Albanian players into Italy. Hopefully, Italian clubs will begin to take more chances on Albanian players going forward. Tare and Di Biasi have established some strong connections in Italy (Now with Panucci). Players like Hysaj, Berisha, Strakosha, Ajeti, etc, have shown that Albanian players aren't all total flops and were pretty much the guinea pigs. Then there's those dual citizen diaspora kids.
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The Good: After seasons of trying, Fox Entertainment President Kevin Reilly finally made good on his promise to get back into the [successful] scripted comedy business with a little help from everybody's favorite NEW GIRL Zooey Deschanel. Equally exciting was that other Deschanel's new girl, whose real-life baby bump came along just in time to help BONES creator Hart Hanson navigate the often rocky waters that follows the end of a fan favorite couple's will-they-or-won't-they. On the animated comedy front, FOX Sunday night Animation Domination lineup continued to live up to its namesake (with an assist from Sunday afternoon NFL football), while GLEE's healthy 2.5-3 million viewers in the highly-coveted 18-49 demographic remained music to the Network's ears. And since we're on the subject of music, both THE X FACTOR and AMERICAN IDOL served as a fantastic mid-week anchor for the Network. Which brings us to…
The Bad: Thanks to increased competition from the likes of NBC's THE VOICE, AMERICAN IDOL is no longer the unstoppable juggernaut that it once was, while Simon Cowell's THE X FACTOR failed to live up to the [over] hype. Also failing to live up to the hype, TERRA NOVA, ALCATRAZ, THE FINDER and Kiefer Sutherland's 24-follow-up TOUCH. The latter of which survived to see another season on… wait for it… Friday night, which as FRINGE fans can attest is TV-speak for having one foot in the grave. A grave that has the dubious distinction of also being littered with the rest of Kevin Reilly's attempt to get back into the scripted comedy business (See: BREAKING IN and I HATE MY TEENAGE DAUGHTER).
Prognosis for the Coming Season: Solid. After-all, despite their somewhat disappointing seasons, AMERICAN IDOL and THE X FACTOR continue to serve as fantastically popular platforms from which Fox can promote the rest of their primetime schedule. A stable, dare we say CBS-esque style lineup filled with very few holes that afforded Fox the opportunity to pick and choose their pilots this development season. Pilots such as THE MINDY PROJECT, THE MOB DOCTOR and THE FOLLOWING that, if all goes according to plan, should fit seamlessly into the Network's 2012-13 schedule.
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Definition of Transcultural
1. Adjective. Extending through all human cultures. "A transcultural ideal of freedom embracing all the peoples of the world"
Definition of Transcultural
1. Adjective. (''sociology and anthropology'') Extending through more than one human culture. ¹
2. Adjective. (generally) that which is non-culturally specific. ¹
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"Culture and mental health in the rainbow nation: transcultural psychiatry in a changing South ... transcultural Psychiatric Research Review, 33, 119-136. ..."
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CCNA Routing and Switching 200-120 Official Cert Guide Library & CCENT/CCNA ICND1 100-101 Official Cert Guide
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I can't make it tonight, but I hope the show goes well. Best to you and Gary. I'm now a board member for Trinidad Coatsal Land Trust, so my roots are creeping back in that direction.
Lauren, I am hoping to be able to come by the gallery tonight to see you. It has been sometime. Miss you on the water, but your passions have taken you in another direction.
I love the paintings that I have of yours, but it may be time to get another one. Hope to see you tonight
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Welcome to my Christmas list! I have included a little bit everything. I had a few things on my list that I could not wait to get :)..I got an Xbox Kinect that was on sale on Black Friday! Now I just want a few games that will keep me active and my balance my weight.
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Come Together Single's Retreat 2015
Dates coming soon.....
Cape Town
This retreat offers single men and women an introduction to Tantra and a platform to meet and connect with others. We facilitate various fun exercises that will assist in melting down inhibiting conditioning, enabling you to connect with more inner freedom, more honestly and integrity and more deeply with the opposite gender.
Our human experience should be joyful and secure but so often it is not. We put this down to all sorts of things: unfulfilling relationships, difficult work situations, stressful family life and many, many lacks - lack of money, lack of the right environment, lack of satisfying work, lack of a fulfilling sexuality. Our experience of these various forms of lack, are often the direct result of our limiting conditioning through upbringing, education, culture and religious beliefs. From a psychological perspective, our childhood determines most of this through what our role models for the masculine and feminine were. Early emotional disappointments are saved in our mental and emotional bodies, even in our cells, and we continue to carry these memories within ourselves, often resulting in a disruptive relating of the inner male and inner female in each one of us.
Our external experience of life is representative of our internal experience of self and this affects all our relationships, particularly intimate ones. Same gender friendships are also affected.
How about a deeper way of relating, a better connecting, a conscious way of being with yourself and others, both male and female? Tantra offers tools to learn open-hearted, accepting connections, a more conscious sensuality and a vibrant sexually, resulting in a more fulfilling lifestyle of living in communion and union with ourselves and with others.
This retreat offers a professional, safe, loving and joyful environment to begin, or set forth, your personal healing, and the inner growth to be the man or the woman you are, embracing your opposite, embracing the other in a more whole heartedly way. We work with a variety of experiential exercises and tantric rituals as well as enthralling, ancient stories of Shiva and Shakti and the origins of Tantra. Our emphasis is to create a blissful weekend with lots of laughter and fun.
The total cost of the retreat is made up of the facilitation fee and the venue costs.
Facilitation Fee: R 2000 per person
Discounts: R500 off both facilitation fee's if you register with a friend.
Sponsoring: Single men are invited to sponsor a single women by paying a portion of the fee for a single woman, enabling more single women (who often earn less) to attend. This is optional. If you wish to participate, please mention this when you register.
Venue costs for accommodation and meals depend on the actual venue we book and are inclusive of shared accommodation and all vegetarian meals. We sometimes are able to add chicken and fish on request for those who are not vegetarian.
"The one sacrifice that tantra asks is that we change everything within us that is not in our best interest. We must let go of everything that resists love. Every negative thought about ourselves and every negative feeling we have about the world around us: these must be surrendered."
Valerie Brooks
General info
- 2-night residential retreat begining Friday 7pm with supper, ending Sunday 2pm after lunch
- group size: 10 - 16
- We ensure equal numbers of women and men
- You will work with a variety of partners during the weekend as well as individually
- Nudity is not a requirement in this beginners retreat.
- Personal boundaries are always respected
- This is a retreat for singles: if you are married or in a monogamous relationship, you are not single if you come on your own! The aim of the retreat, apart from the tantric work, is for single men and women to meet and work with each other.
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Universalism, Racism... Paedobaptism?
I do not for a second doubt Mark's sincerity in expressing his friendship and admiration for many paedobaptist brothers, since I have experienced this first hand. But I wonder, are we really "Together for the Gospel" when some of us are denied table fellowship? Does this not erect a Christ+ principle like that which Paul so vehemently opposed in Galatians 2 (particularly given the circumcision-baptism link)? While I appreciate Mark's consistency and integrity, which I believe are motivating him here, I have some concern that this charged rhetoric (universalism, racism, paedobaptism?) occurs at the very moment when I believe that the broader evangelical movement needs to be ministered to by a unified Reformed evangelical front. Since Mark was writing about pastoral prudence, I would ask, "Is now the time for craedo-paedo jousting?"
Fifty years ago, Martyn Lloyd-Jones separated from Anglicans who accepted baptism in the place of personal belief in Christ and the Bible. Some people think he was wrong to do this, but I think Lloyd-Jones was right. But are our Baptist friends now taking this a step further? Even if we believe in Christ and the Bible, but hold to a different practice of baptism, are Reformed paedobaptists to be denied as Christians in good standing? This may not be the intent, but is it not the effect of a Christ + craedobaptist doctrine of table fellowship? And might such a fundamental division among Bible believing, sovereign grace loving, God fearing, cross-relying friends inflict serious damage at a moment when the true evangelical cause is foundering in America?
Mark will argue that we cannot be admitted because we are not baptized. But the fact is that we are baptized. While we all hold our inferences dearly, it must be admitted that the Bible does not spell out the subjects or the mode of baptism in crystal-clear terms (with the direct language, say, of Paul's prohibition of women elders). Moreover, many of us paedo-baptists were baptized as adults, on profession of faith, by the mode of sprinkling (I am one of these). Yet we still will be denied togetherness at the gospel table of our Baptist friends.
My point in this post is not to fire back -- were that my goal I would be trying to point out how craedobaptists are in unrepented sin. Rather, my plea is that it might be good to rethink this matter. I know that traditional Baptist doctrine does not accept the validity of other baptisms at all -- but is this warranted? I know that based on this tenet, Baptists are being consistent by not allowing paedobaptists to the Lord's Table. Yet I would beg reconsideration by my brothers and friends, wondering if the implications have been thought through clearly.
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AUTHOR'S NOTE: The Star and the Ocean underwent structural revisions in September 2016. This particular chapter can now be found as the new chapters 8 and 9. I highly encourage you to read from these new chapters instead!
Chapter Four – Are you sure you want to get to know me better?
"Are you sure you don't want to come?"
It took May a moment to realize the question had been directed at her. She had been crouched over her bag, fully involved in unceremoniously flinging her things inside. She snapped her head up when it dawned on her, wide-eyed and a little embarrassed. May hesitated before answering.
Bodies pushed around her as she awkwardly took up space right in the middle of the crowded changing floor. They were like a pack of dogs pressing to a gate, ready to run. May could tell they were eager to get moving, some even to the point of casting thinly veiled looks of impatience her way, knowing that Lenaia – their unassuming alpha – wouldn't give the command until May gave her an answer.
She looked up at Lenaia, and at the genuinely welcoming smile on her peachy round face. She also looked at the small contingent of performers Lenaia managed to gather in what had been no time at all. She was magnetic that way. It was a wonder she wasn't a performer herself. She had an infectious kind of energy about her May quietly envied in others. She may have been the one on stage, but she would never be the one to spontaneously whip up the rest of the show's cast into a random night of drinking, dancing and who knew what else.
An invitation like this was a rare one. It flustered her. The part of her desperate to re-assimilate, to do whatever it took to slip quietly back into the social fold, screamed at her to say yes.
Against all logic, she screwed up what she hoped was a convincing look of regret.
"I'm sorry. It's just that I already made plans tonight." She wondered if anyone believed her. "Next time for sure though. I promise!"
A low murmur made its way through the growing group gathered by the door, but May opted to focus on Lenaia's effortless acceptance of her excuse and friendly wave goodbye.
Whatever the others thought May wasn't saying – oh, who was she kidding? She had a pretty good idea of what they were whispering about – they couldn't be more wrong.
Slinging her bag over her shoulder and pulling her hood down over her rosy curls, May gave a distracted wave as she slid past her castmates and out into the night.
Setting a brisk pace, and she quickly made her way to the outskirts of town. Eventually the steady roll of waves replaced the white noise of civilization. While this would normally be the part of her commute when she started to relax, tonight she was too lost in thought to let go.
What was she honestly expecting to find when she got home? Her stomach tightened regardless of what outcome she imagined. May took a second to remind herself to breathe.
Soon she was standing on the beach staring up at her house. Even from down by the surf it was hard to see onto the deck. There was definitely a light on inside – probably the lamp by the couch. Had she left it on before leaving that morning? Or was she just getting her hopes up?
She climbed the stairs but stopped short of opening the door. Fumbling awkwardly, she pressed her ear up to the door and listened for a moment.
The waves were still the only sound.
What are you doing? May berated herself. Open the door. It's your house!
Taking one last deep breath, she pushed the door open quietly.
The quiet was short lived. Her bag got caught up on the door handle and she stumbled gracelessly inside.
"Oh, shit! Are you okay?"
May froze.
Relief mixed with mortification. She willed herself to look to the deck. A pair of icy blue eyes stared back, full of concern.
Those eyes, pale and striking. May wasn't sure she'd ever get used to them. Then again, she still wasn't sure if she'd get the chance to.
"Em," she breathed. "You're still here."
Em frowned in confusion. "… What?"
Straightening herself out, May cleared her throat and tried to shake it off. "I wasn't sure you would still be here."
Sitting upright in the hammock, Em laughed. "I told you I wouldn't leave without saying goodbye, didn't I?"
May smiled down at the floor in an attempt to hide her relief. "Yeah, I guess you did."
But when Em started to pull herself to her feet, May scrambled.
"You don't have get up!" She rushed to the deck as Em hovered uncertainly with one leg on the ground.
Em raised an eyebrow and May laughed in spite of herself.
"I, uh… Can I get you some tea?"
A few minutes later the kettle came to a boil while May dropped a couple of freshly made tea bags into mismatched mugs. An evening breeze wafted in off the ocean through the open sliding deck door, unseasonably cool. She shivered as a trail of goosebumps snaked down her arms. May glanced over her shoulder and out to the deck where Em had settled back into the hammock, long silvery hair trailing over the side. It caught the moonlight just right and shimmered like the gentle waves that rolled into the surf.
May made her way carefully down the split levels, a mug in each hand, and leaned out the door.
"Do you take anything in yours? I've got some cream, lemon… Maybe a bit of sugar but I'd have to look."
Em smiled at her and took the mug May held out. "No, I'm good. Thanks. You're such a considerate hostess."
"Ha!" May laughed, dragging an ancient folding chair across the deck with the tip of her foot. "How sweet of you to say so."
They shared a couple peaceful moments, allowing the tide to fill in the silence. Em blew on the surface of her tea absentmindedly, staring intently across the dark ocean. May took small sips and watched her guest surreptitiously out of the corner of her eye. All day she'd gone over the things she wanted to say to Em since the previous night but suddenly she couldn't remember any of it.
"So," Em spoke first without looking away from the water. "How's showbiz treating you?"
May smiled into her mug.
"Oh, y'know," she shrugged. "Just pretending to be a star."
"Remind me to snag your autograph." Em grinned, finally looking to May and giving her a wink. "And before I forget, thanks again for everything. The hammock, the tea, all of it."
"It seems like the least I could do after rifling through your stuff."
"And lest we forget: accosting me with that kitchen knife."
May spluttered halfway through her sip.
"I did not accost you! I was just… playing it safe." When Em cocked an eyebrow, May swatted at her. "You could have been a drugged-out crazy person for all I knew!"
"Hey, I'm just glad you didn't hurt yourself with that thing." Another wink.
May pretended to be offended, hiding her smile behind her mug, "I totally knew what I was doing."
Em let out a loud bark of a laugh. "Sure you did."
May rolled her eyes.
"I'm just bugging you," Em said. "Also, thanks for not secretly being a murderer."
Em was still essentially a stranger and yet it was so easy for May to banter with her. It had hardly been a day since they'd met, but she already felt so comfortable; it was as if they had riffed off each other this way their entire lives.
She hadn't realized she was staring until Em cocked her head, breaking May's reverie.
"Where'd you go?" She laughed and May blinked.
"Oh! I'm not really sure…"
They drifted back into their easy silence, May sipping and Em staring out to sea. After a moment, May tried again. "Any luck figuring out how you wound up on the island?"
At the question a faint glow grew behind Em's pallid cheeks. She went rigid and stole a quick glance at the stars, the way someone might look to a friend for support when they don't have the right answer to an awkward question. The stars must not have had anything for her because she didn't say anything, pursing her lips instead.
May shifted uncomfortably.
"I just want you to know you're welcome to stay until you figure out what your next move is."
Em's turned quickly to face May. For the second time that night, those pale eyes were wide with concern.
"May." She breathed.
May tensed.
"You don't have to do that," Em said softly. "Letting me spend a night or two is generous enough."
"I don't have to." May agreed. "But I want to."
Em gave an incredulous grin. "Sure, but why?"
May paused and considered Em's blunt but fair question. Because you don't have anywhere to go? You don't even know where you are? Both were true but neither were the right answer.
Because I'm not ready for you to disappear?
She shifted awkwardly, trying to figure out the right way to say what she was feeling.
"Because…" May could feel the heat rising in her face again. "Because you're alone right now and I – I dunno, I guess I like spending time with you? I'd like to learn more about you."
"Learn more about me?" Em looked like she couldn't have possibly heard correctly. "What was all that talking we did last night?"
May stared Em down. This moment felt important – as if she could screw things up very badly if she wasn't careful with her next move. She didn't know why she felt such a strong need to push on this. All she knew was she couldn't let this ghostly stranger leave yet.
May spoke slowly, feeling her inhibitions slip away, feeling brave. "There's something you're not telling me."
Em looked genuinely shocked and again turned her eyes quickly back to the stars. Tension rose up like a wall between them. When Em didn't respond, May felt that bravery trickle away.
"Em, I'm sorry. That didn't come out the way – I don't know why I said that, it was completely out of line. I'm sor-"
Em sat up, waving May back as if she could bat her words right out of the air.
"No, May, it's fine." She wasn't looking at her, but instead staring hard through her. She seemed to be at war with herself. May sat still as stone, heart caught in her throat, silently reeling over how quickly things were falling apart. What had she been thinking, saying something like that?
The moment hovered heavy between them.
Em broke the silence with a long exhale.
"I'm not upset." Em spoke softly through a shaky smile. "I'd like to get to know you better too. And you're right; I haven't been completely honest with you. But I've been thinking about it and… I'd like to be."
May blinked in surprise. She had hardly dared to believe she'd be right, but she certainly hadn't considered Em might be interested in knowing her better too. Her stomach fluttered, feeling hopeful.
Em stood with a sigh and turned slightly to stare out across the ocean. Her hands clenched, released and clenched again absently at her sides. May waited.
"I want you to know the truth," Em announced. She looked down at May, still hunched over her mug on that old folding chair, and gave her a weak smile. "If it's too much, just say so, okay? Just say the word and I will get the hell out of your life."
May's mouth went dry. Suddenly she wasn't sure what she wanted anymore.
"O-okay?" she agreed meekly.
Em nodded. She shook out her hands, taking a step toward the edge of the deck. The perimeter was fenced more for aesthetics than safety with low, solid wooden posts spaced evenly around the edge and connected by relaxed lengths of nautical rope.
Em stepped onto one of the posts, balancing precariously.
May tensed up. Her dancer's reflexes made her instinctively aware of every muscle needed to balance on that post safely. Em was one wrong flinch away from an awful accident. It was a fifteen foot drop from the deck to the sand below.
Em glanced over her shoulder at May and smiled again. "Last chance. Are you sure you want to get to know me better?"
Breathless with curiosity and a growing sense of worry, May nodded ever so slightly. What was happening?
Em stepped forward from the post and off the deck, feet touching air.
May's mug of tea shattered at her feet, abandoned.
But her panic for Em's safety was soon replaced with panic of a different kind.
Em had not, in fact, plummeted to the ground beneath them.
She floated eerily in the air. A gentle pulsing emanated from where Em hovered, suspended much like one might look if they were under water. Em's already spectral skin had a gentle glow to it now. Her long silver hair wafted effortlessly around her.
Em turned. Everything about her flowed dreamily. She locked eyes with May, those pale eyes shining bright. She grinned as if she couldn't help but find the whole situation humorous.
She spoke, breaking the dream-like haze between them. "Here's the thing…"


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Domain of the Great Bear Presents: Abounaddara and the 'Right to Image'
An evening of film and discussion.
❖ 18:00 Introduction ❖
by Abounaddara's Charif Kiwan
❖ 18:30 Screening ❖
Syria: Snapshots of History in the Making
❖ 19:30 Discussion ❖
Charif Kiwan / Göran Olsson / Marta Kuzma
'The question of images is at the heart of the great darkness of our time, the "discontent of civilization." We must know how to look into the images to see that of which they are the survivors. So that history, liberated from the pure past, might help us to open the present of time.' This citation from Georges Didi-Huberman's Images in Spite of All is manifested within the efforts of Abounaddara, an anonymous film collective made up of a group of filmmakers from Syria, who strive with their work to transform the media discourse on warfare, violence and migration. Since the onset of the Syrian revolution, Abounaddara, founded in 2010, has produced a weekly short documentary film referred to as a 'bullet film' founded on the principle of 'emergency cinema' and located within the daily life in Syria.
On Thursday 21 April, Abounaddara, at the invitation of the Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm, will screen Syria: Snapshots of History in the Making, a film that reflects the group's concern for the 'right to the image' as an alternative to the rhetorical reading of images of war and to resist to reduce their function, as Susan Sontag notes in 'Looking at War', 'to simplify and to create the illusion of consensus'. Abounaddara's Charif Kiwan will speak about the collective and the screening will be followed by a discussion between Charif Kiwan, documentary filmmaker, director Göran Olsson, and Marta Kuzma, the Vice Chancellor/Rector of the Royal Institute of Art (RIA) in Stockholm.
Abounaddara received the Vera List Center Prize for Art and Politics awarded by the New School, NYC in 2014. The collective has been exhibited internationally including at the New Museum, NYC and at Ashkal Alwan in Beirut. Abounadddara has had numerous presentations at the various leading universities such as MIT, University of Chicago, Princeton University and the New School. Reviews of their work have appeared widely in publications and journals as Liberation, Le Monde, the Guardian, and the Nation. The collective has received the Short Film Grand Jury Prize at Sundance Film Festival (2014) and the award for the Most Innovative Short Film at Visions du Reel in Nyon (2014).
The Domain of the Great Bear was a research platform of the RIA initiated in 2014 as a series of lectures, workshops and events focusing on art and the changing conditions of production. Past lectures have been included those by Kunle Adeyemi, Angela Davis, Catherine Malabou, Reinhold Martin, Charles Ray, Jim Shaw, Jeff Wall, Eyal Weizman and may be viewed at Domain of the Great Bear's online archive: www.kkh.se/domain-of-the-great-bear
》Syria: Snapshots of History in the Making is a feature length documentary produced by the Abounaddara Collective in cooperation with ARTE. Abounaddara and the 'Right to the Image' is the last in the series Domain of the Great Bear as organized by Marta Kuzma, the Vice Chancellor/Rector of RIA.《
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Samproduktion med KKH


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#PoppedCulture Presents: How Far Would You Go For a Pregnancy Craving?
The start of a very fun collaboration with the fabulous Kat Inokai!
Stay tuned for more Popped Culture, coming very soon!
Tell us, Mamas: how far would you go for a craving?
4 thoughts on "#PoppedCulture Presents: How Far Would You Go For a Pregnancy Craving?"
I have hidden in a closet to eat Skittles. That I stole. From my kid. #noshame
My first pregnancy was the only one where I got INTENSE cravings … and the one thing I craved repeatedly throughout was grapefruit juice. The yellow, super sour kind – no pink grapefruit for this mama. And so, because of my insane rate of consumption, I stocked my freezer with cans of frozen concentrate. I clearly remember waking up at 3am, realizing we had no juice in the fridge, and so MAKING SOME. In the middle of the night. Half asleep. That was the best glass of grapefruit juice ever. 🙂


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Hear ye, hear ye! Your ticket to Blud now costs *even less*!
WICKED AS THEY COME (Blud book 1) is currently on sale on Amazon for book-book or kindle!
WICKED AS SHE WANTS (Blud book 2) is out April 30 and on a small sale, too!
THE MYSTERIOUS MADAM MORPHO, my first e-novella, is always $0.99 and stuffs a complete romance into 130 pages of dark carnival fun.
THE PECULIAR PETS OF MISS PLEASANCE, the e-novella that came out April 1, is only $1.99 and includes a dude who's basically Thor in a kilt.
And the CARNIEPUNK Anthology from Gallery Books that I'm in is on pre-order sale, too, for over $5 off.
Oh, and if you're the lucky type, my Goodreads giveaway for an early ARC of WICKED AS SHE WANTS is still going, and I'd love it if one of y'all won.
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* Meljean Brook (steampunk romance)
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* Deanna Raybourn (Victorian romance mysteries)
* Stephanie Perkins (teen contemporary unlike anything I've read before)
* Tessa Dare (as close to bodice rippers as I get, but the writing is sharp)
I'm all about breaking past the genre prejudice to find amazing storytelling. :)


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Three and a half years ago we grabbed an opportunity to move to the 'Dordogne' region of France.
Dale has had many holidays in France with his parents while he was growing up and always expressed an interest in living in France since we met, I on the other hand, had never been to France in my life.
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A very good french friend 'William' suggested working on the markets around the area, selling products he would supply. I was a bit apprehensive, but I jumped in with both feet and I have to say, it has been a wonderful experience. My french vocabulary has improved, I've made new friends and gained my confidence back. Being out of the workforce for the last few years had taken it's toll. The only problem is it's just for 2-3 months of the year. ie The Summer.
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"When is my moment going to come… that I can connect with myself… that I can love myself so much… that I want to stop escaping?" – Isabella Stoloff
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Re: jonothan alder,captured by the indians
In reply to:
Re: jonothan alder,captured by the indians
Mavis Sager 2/11/01
Dear Ms. Sager, et al:
My/our (Alder) family history, as handed down verbally generation by generation, indicates that were are of Native American decent - which I believe given the pictures of my descendants.
I believe that I have connected the proverbial ancestral dots, but could use your assistance, or for that matter any one elses assistance in making a connection.
My research, to this point, indicates:
The summer after the treaty, while living on Big Darby. Lucas Sullivant made his appearance in that region surveying land, and soon became on terms of intimacy with (Johnathon)Alder, who related to him a history of his life, and Sullivant generously gave him the piece of land on which he dwelt ; but there being some little difficulty about the title, Alder did not contest, and subsequently lost it. According to Mrs. Sarah 'Norton, an early settler yet living, who is the daughter of Daniel Taylor, deceased, Barshaw had two children when Alder took her for his wife, viz.. Sarah and John.
Mrs. Norton says that she often played with them ere Alder and his wife parted. She also says that the squaw thought a Great deal of Jonathan, and was afraid that he would leave her and marry a white woman, which fears were subsequently realized.
During his stay with Barshaw, she bore him (Johnathon Alder) two children. both of whom died in infancy, and this they believed was a manifestation of displeasure by the Great Spirit at the intermarriage of the two races. This, with other causes, finally led to a separation
It is Barshaw and her children - Sarah & John, which I am trying to develop information on.
I believe that, given my families verbal history, I am a direct descendant of Barshaw and her son John.
Sorry for the lengthiness of this inquiry, but I do hope it also helps others in search of their lineage.
Should anyone be interested, I am willing to share all I have developed.
Thank you (and/or anyone) for assistance!
Kevin Alder


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